Toy gun.



J. B. GRIFFITH.

TOY GUN.

APPLIoATIoN FILED JAN.z,19oa.

Patented Apr. 13, 1909.

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J. B. GRIFFITH.

TOY GUN.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.28,190B.

Patented Apr. 13, 1909.

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TOY GUN.

Specification of Letters IEatent.y

Patented April 18, 1909.

Application n led- January 28, 1908. Serial No. 413,086.v

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JESSE B. GRiFFiTH, a citizen of the United States,residing at El Paso, in the county of El Paso and State of Texas,haveinvented new and useful Imrovements in Toy Guns, of which thefolowing is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved toy gun, 'the object of theinvention being to lOprovide a magazine sling gun in which a ,number ofarrows or other projectiles may be stored and successively fed forpropulsion into the boreof the barrel at the breech, the constructionbeing such as to permit manufacture of the gunat a comparatively lowcost and to secure accuracy in propelling projectiles of suicient, sizeand with suffi- Vcientforcefor shooting small fish and game vand forltarget practice.

Withy struction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafterfullydescribed and claimed, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a toy niagazine gun embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 is a top plan View of the same. sectional View takenlongitudinally through the rear end of the barrel and the breech,

showing the position of the parts beforel the sling is set for action.-Fig. 4 isa similar section through the gun, showing the sl-ing set andone of the projectiles'fed into `the b-arrel for lischarge, and alsoshowing in dotted lines the guard and feeder swung down to open themagazine. 'Figfb is a transverse section on line 5-5 of Fig. 4.

' Fi 6 is a perspective view of the detent for ho ding the sling in setposition.

Fig. 7 is a similar view of the cross-bar and rear ends of the straps ofthe sling.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the barrel, 2the stocky'and 3the breech of the gun, which may be of any preferred construction. Thebarrel is provided with the usual front vand rear sights 4 and 5 and isformed in its sides with lon itudinal slots 6 extending a portion of theglength thereof described. 'Within the breech is formed a magazinechamber 7 of sufficient size to receive a Anumber of projectiles S,which may be in the forni of arrows or of any other suitable fornr, andare arranged to lie one above the other. The magazine opens atits upperend hese and other objects in view, the invention consists of thefeatures of con-- lligp?) is a into the bore of the barrel, which latteris provided in rear of the point of communication with the magazine withan extension 9 overhanging the' grip of the stock. A. channeled guard orlever 10 is provided to close the lower open end of the magazine and ispivoted at its forward end to a pin 11 mounted upon the lower front wallof the magazine. As shown, the guard comprises a base or bodyiwall 12having side flanges 13 whose u per edges are adapted to abut againsttlie lower edges of the side walls of the magazine and are inclined toallow the bottom 12 to extend at a downward'andrearward inclination, therear end of said guard lever, being provided with a curved extension 14simulating the construction of 1the ordinary finger guard. Thisextension 14 is adapted to be engaged by the hooked end of a latch 15slidably mounted in a recess in the lower end of the stock and normallyforced forward into locking position by a spring 16. A finger nectedwith the latch and ies in the space.

inclosed by the art 14, whereby the latch may be. retracte(l to permitthe uard to A,be j

swung downward,yas shownin otted lines in Fig. 4, to expose the openingin the magazine, so that the latter may be recharged.

A feeder 18 is ivotally mounted at its forward end upon tlie lever, asshown at 19, and

'is' of eoncavo-eonvex form, its convex or rounded surface beingupwardly dis osed toI bear against and form a support for t e, body ofprojectiles 8. When the magazine is ful the feeder normally lies foldedwithin the guard between the side flanges 13, and is gradually forcedupward therefrom as the projectiles are successively fed intothe barrel,the curved surface of the feed'er adapting it to exert a direct ul )wardpressure on a central vertical line. liy this means the swingingmovement ofthe feeder is prevented from shifting the rojectiles in aforward direction, and as t e curved surface of the feeder rides easilyin contact with the lower projectile canting or tilting and bindingbfthe projectiles in the magazine is obviated. The feeder is forced upwardby a spring 2() having a coiled portion encircling the pivot in 19 andarms respectively bearin u on t e underside of the body of the igeedlerand the vbody plate 12 of the guard lever.

The projectiles are adapted to be propelled from the barrel 1 by meansof a vsling comprising a Across-bar or piece 21 having a ceniece 17 isconf f 50 and in position for discharge.

tral projecting tongue 22. Beyond this tongue, the ends of the barproject from the bore of the barrel outward through the slot 6',

in whichv they are adapted toislide and are connected beyond the sidesof the barrel with rings or loops 23 upon the rear ends of elasticstraps 24, which are suitably secured at their forward ends to the sidesof the barrel, as indicated at 25. The cross-bar 21 is adapted to bedrawnrearwardly to a point in rear of the line of the magazine to placethe elastic straps under tension', to be held in suoli position until itis desired to discharge the projectile in the barrel, and to be releasedso 1 5 that the cross-bar will be drawn forward with force by thecontraction of the elastic straps 24 and expel the projectile with greatspeed. The ends of the cross-bar form` arms by 'which said bar may beconveniently drawn backward to set the sling for use, and these arms areadapted to be engaged by a pivoted detent comprising a pair of levers 26disposed on opposite sides of the breech and pivotally mounted uponsuitable pivot supports 27, the forward ends of said levers havingcurved dogs 28 to engage the ends of the bar 21 and the rear ends oftheleversbeing'` connected by a cross pin 29 connected by a pin or link 30with a trigger 31 arranged adjacent to and 30 in advance of the latchfinger 17. The pin or link 30 is slidable vertically in the grip of thestock, which is recessed to receive a coil spring 32 whereby the triggerand detent are normally held in engaging position. The

4 35 ends ofthe dogs 28 are curved or beveled to allow the arms of thebar 21 to slide thereover and into locking engagement with said Y ..45the feeder to bear upon the lower-most pro- Y Y jectile. The' springpressure of the feeder forces the body of projectiles upward, so thatthe up e'rmost ione, after the sling has been vset, w,illl be forcedinto the bore of the barrel ln order to revent the feed of a'projectileinto the bore i efore the sling or propelling device is set, anautomatically-operated device is provided to close the bore above themagazine. T his device is adapted to be retracted by the crossbar of thesling when the latter is set, and comprises a follower 33 having agroove or recess 34 to receive the tongue 22 'and provided upon its rearface with a pin or projection to engage the coil of a coil spring 35,the

rear coil of which is adapted to engage a similar pin or projection upona plug or stopper 36 closing the rear end of the bore. lll/"hen thecross-bar 21 is drawn rearwardly, the

e5 tongue 22 engages the follower and forces the same back into theextension 9 of the barrel in which the spring 351s compressed, the saidcross-bar on its release by the actuation of `the trigger beingpropelled forward by the combined energy of the sling straps and exfpansion of the spring 35, which moves forward to the position shown inFig. As a rcsult, communication between the bore and magazine will beclosed until the-sling or propulsion device is again set, thuspreventing a projectile from being fed into the bore and interferingwith the resetting of the sling.

lt will be seen from the foregoing description that the sling may bereaeily and conveniently set and'that the bore will be charged s o withprojectiles by the action of the automatic feeder until the store ofprojectiles is exhausted, and that upon pulling the trigger 31 thedogs28 will be depressed, thus releasing the sling to effect thedischarge of the proje'ctiles. Communication between the .inagazine andbarrel will then be closed until the sling is again reset, when thefeeder will force a projectile up into the barrel in advance of the bar21. The elastic straps of the sling maybe made of any desired length,and any suitable equivalent therefor may be employed, and through thelconjoint action of these straps and the spring 35 the projectile will beexpelled with considerable force and 9 accuracy. The projectiles mayvary in sizeand character for shooting game or for target work, and thegun will be found useful for shooting small game at short range.

As the construction is simple, it will be seen 10c that the gun may bemanufactured at a comparatively low cost and contains few parts that areliable to readily get out of order. I

The detent levers 26 are preferably disposed between the sides of thebreech and plates 26 detachably secured thereto, said plates formingcovers to protect thedetent, while permitting of its ready removal forrepairs or substitution of new parts when--occasion requires. 1 10 Havinthus fully described the invention,

what is c aimed as new is y 1. A toy gun embodying a barrel, a magazinechamber in communication at its upper end with the barrel, a pivoted,channeled cover plate for closing the lower end of the magazine,projectile propelling means operating in the barrel, trigger mechanismtherefor, a transverse pivot pin extending between the side walls of thechanneled cover plate, a

concavo-convex feeder pivotally mounted at its forward cnd'on said pinto fold into the channeledcover plate and to swing upward into themagazine, said feeder having its conver; surface uppermost to engage theprojectiles in the magazine, and a spring coiled about said pivot pinandhaving arms bearing respectively on the cover plate and feeder.

2. A toy gun embodying a slotted barrel open at its rear. end, a closurefor said open rear end,l a self-projected sling operating in the barreland including a cross-bar movable in the slotted portion thereof andprovided with a tongue or projection, a trigger mechanism therefor, amagazine in communication at its u per end with the barrel, an automaticfeeder o erating therein, a follower movable in the arrel in rear ofsaid crossbar and having a recess to receive said tongue or projection,and a longitudinally expansible s ring arranged in the barrel betweensaic closure ancI follower, said spring -being insertible and removablethrough the 3. 'A toy gun embodying a slotted barrel, a self-pro )elledsling arranged to travel therein and. inclluding a cross-bar having itsends projecting beyond o posite sides of the barrel, a pair of ooaxia 1ypivoted dogs having upwardly extending hooked forward ends to engage theends of the cross-bar and hold the sling sot for operation, a connectionbetween said dogs in rear of their fulcrumed portions, a pin verticallyslidable in the stock of the gun and engaging said connection, a spring,acting upon said pin to normally hold the dogs projected, and a triggeroperated to move said pin against the resistance of the spring toretract the dogs.

In testimony whereof I afX my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

JESSE B. GRIFFITH.

Witnesses:

W. Y. WALLACE, J. S. JEFFREss.

